keep

See also: көөр

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kēp,

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) kepen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t (compare West Frisian (deprecated template usage) kypje ‘to look’), variant of Template:term/t (compare Old English (deprecated template usage) capian ‘to look’, Dutch (deprecated template usage) kapen ‘to seize, snatch’, German (deprecated template usage) kapfen ‘to gape’, Danish (deprecated template usage) kope), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t, Template:term/t (compare Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) žẽbti ‘to eat reluctantly’, Russian (deprecated template usage) забота (zabota) ‘care, worry’).

Verb

keep (third-person singular simple present keeps, present participle keeping, simple past and past participle kept)

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To maintain possession of.

2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To maintain the condition of.

3. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, III.ii,

     The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.

4. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VIII:

     And than Sir Trystrames rode prevayly unto the posterne where kepte hym La Beale Isode, and there she made hym grete chere, and thanked God of his good spede.

5. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To restrain.

6. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, with from) To protect, guard.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     cursse on thy cruell hond, / That twise hath sped; yet shall it not thee keepe / From the third brunt of this my fatall brond [...].

7. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To continue.
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8. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) To remain edible or otherwise usable.

9. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state.

10. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.

11. (deprecated template usage) (transitive, of living things) To raise; to care for.
    • 1914, Robert Joos, Success with Hens, Forbes & company, page 217:

      Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.

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12. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To supply with necessities and financially support a person.

Synonyms

• (maintain possession of): retain
• (maintain the condition of): preserve, protect

Derived terms

terms starting with “keep”

Terms derived from the verb keep

• keep-away
• keep around
• keep at
• keep away
• keep back
• keep down
• keep faith
• keep fit
• keep from
• keep going
• keep in mind
• keep it down
• keep it on the barber pole
• keep it real
• keep it up
• keep mum
• keep off
• keep on
• keep on truckin'
• keep one's cards close to one's chest
• keep one's cool
• keep one's eye on the ball
• keep one's eyes peeled
• keep one's head
• keep one's head above water

• keep one's lips sealed
• keep one on one's toes
• keep oneself to oneself
• keep out
• keep out of
• keep quiet
• keep shtum
• keep somebody in stitches
• keep somebody posted
• keep someone in the loop
• keep straight
• keep tabs on
• keep the wolf from the door
• keep track
• keep up
• keep up with
• keep wicket
• keep with
• keep your pecker up
• keep one's hair on
• keep one's shirt on
• keepalive
• keepie-uppie/keepy-uppy
• keepnet
• keepsake

Related terms

• for keeps

Translations

to maintain possession of

• Arabic: احتفظ (iḥtáfaẓa) imperfect: يحتفظ (yaḥtafiẓu)
• Armenian: պահել (pahel)
• Catalan: desar (ca), guardar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 保持 (bou² ci⁴)

  Mandarin: 保持 (bǎochí), 保存 (bǎocún)

• Czech: nechat si
• Dalmatian: Template:tø
• Dutch: houden (nl)
• Finnish: pitää (fi)
• French: garder (fr)
• Friulian: Template:tø
• Template:trreq
• German: behalten (de), aufheben (de)
• Greek: κρατώ (el) (krató)
• Hungarian: tart (hu)
• Indonesian: simpan (id)
• Irish: coimeád, coinnigh
• Italian: tenere (it)
• Japanese: 保持する (ja) (hoji suru), 確保する (ja) (kakuho suru)
• Jèrriais: Template:tø
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kyrgyz: сактоо (ky) (saktoo)
• Latin: reservare, retinere, teneo (la)
• Macedonian: чува (čúva)
• Malayalam: സൂക്ഷിക്കുക (ml) (sūkṣikkuka), സംരക്ഷിക്കുക (saṁrakṣikkuka)
• Norwegian: beholde
• Portuguese: manter (pt), guardar (pt)
• Romanian: păstra (ro), ține
• Russian: хранить (ru) (xranítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: cùm, glèidh
• Spanish: guardar (es), quedarse algo (es)
• Swedish: hålla (sv), behålla (sv)
• Thai: เก็บ (th) (gèp)
• Turkish: tutmak (tr), saklamak (tr)
• Vietnamese: giữ (vi)
• Volapük: kipön (vo)
• Walloon: wårder (wa)
• Welsh: cadw (cy)
• West Frisian: hâlde

to maintain the condition of; to preserve

• Armenian: պահպանել (pahpanel), պահել (pahel)
• Asturian: caltener
• Catalan: guardar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 維持／维持 (wai⁴ ci⁴), 维持 (wai⁴ ci⁴)

  Mandarin: 維持／维持 (wéichí), 维持 (wéi chí)

• Dutch: houden (nl)
• Finnish: pitää (fi), säilyttää (fi)
• French: conserver (fr), garder (fr)
• German: bewahren (de), erhalten (de)
• Hungarian: tart (hu)
• Irish: coinnigh
• Italian: tenere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 維持する (iji suru), 保つ (ja) (tamotsu)
• Jèrriais: Template:tø
• Kyrgyz: кармоо (karmoo)
• Macedonian: чува (čúva)
• Norwegian: bevare (no)
• Russian: хранить (ru) (xranítʹ) , сохранять (ru) (soxranjátʹ) , сохранить (ru) (soxranítʹ) Template:pf.
• Spanish: guardar (es), mantener (es)
• Swedish: bevara (sv)
• Thai: เก็บ (th) (gèp), เอาไว้ (ao wái)
• Turkish: saklamak (tr)
• Volapük: kipedön (vo)

to remain in, to be confined to

• Dutch: behouden (nl)
• Finnish: pysyä (fi)
• Irish: comhlíon
• Italian: rimanere (it), restare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 留まる (todomaru)
• Russian: оставаться (ru) (ostavátʹsja) , остаться (ru) (ostátʹsja) Template:pf.
• Spanish: permanecer (es)
• Turkish: durmak (tr)

to restrain

• Armenian: պահել (pahel)
• German: heraushalten, fernhalten
• Italian: trattenere
• Japanese: 抑止する (yokushi suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: држи (d'rži)
• Russian: сдерживать (ru) (sdérživatʹ) , сдержать (ru) (sderžátʹ) Template:pf.
• Turkish: tutmak (tr)

to continue

• Armenian: շարունակել (šarunakel)
• Catalan: seguir (ca), continuar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 繼續／继续 (gai³ zuk⁶), 继续 (gai³ zuk⁶)

  Mandarin: 繼續／继续 (jìxù), 继续 (jì xù)

• Czech: pokračovat (cs)
• Finnish: jatkaa (fi), tehdä jotakin jatkuvasti
• French: continuer (à / de) (fr)
• German: weiterhin (de), weiter [tun] (de)
• Italian: continuare (it), seguitare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 継続する (keizoku suru), 続行する (zokkō suru)
• Kyrgyz: улантуу (ulantuu)
• Norwegian: fortsette (no)
• Russian: продолжать (ru) (prodolžátʹ) , продолжить (ru) (prodólžitʹ) Template:pf.
• Spanish: seguir (es), continuar (es)
• Swedish: fortsätta (sv)
• Thai: คอย (koi), หมั่น (màn)
• Turkish: devam etmek (tr)
• West Frisian: fierdergean

to act as wicket-keeper

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

of livestock: to raise; to care for

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飼／饲 (sì), 饲 (sì), 養／养, 养 (yǎng)

• French: garder (fr)
• German: halten (de)
• Japanese: 飼う (ja) (かう, kau)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: чува (čúva)
• Russian: содержать (ru) (soderžátʹ) , держать (ru) (deržátʹ)
• Spanish: criar (es)
• Turkish: bakmak (tr)

supply with necessities and financially support a person

• German: aushalten (de)
• Hungarian: eltart (hu), kitart (hu)
• Irish: coinnigh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: содержать (ru) (soderžátʹ)
• Spanish: mantener (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Estonian: hoidma (et) (1), säilitama (et) (2)
• (deprecated template usage) Ido: retenar (io)
• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: jaga (id), menjaga (id), menjagai
• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 確保する (かくほする, kakuho suru)
• (deprecated template usage) Persian: نگه داشتن (negah dâštan)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Portuguese: manter (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) Romanian: ține
• (deprecated template usage) Slovene: obdržati (1), vzdrževati (2)
• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: ఉంచు (te) (uñcu), పెట్టు (te) (peṭṭu)

Noun

keep (plural keeps)

1. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Care, notice
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:

     So Sir Gareth strayned hym so that his olde wounde braste ayen on bledynge; but he was hote and corragyous and toke no kepe, but with his grete forse he strake downe the knyght [...].

2. (deprecated template usage) (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to Wikipedia:keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
3. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.

   He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep.

Derived terms

• earn one's keep

Translations

main tower

• Catalan: torre mestra f, torre de l'homenatge f, homenatge m
• Danish: kernetårn n, borgtårn n, barfred c
• Finnish: keskustorni
• French: donjon (fr) m
• Georgian: მთავარი გოდოლი (mtavari godoli)
• German: Burgfried m
• Hungarian: vártorony
• Irish: daingean m, doinsiún m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: torrione m
• Kyrgyz: башкы мунара (ky) (başkı munara)
• Macedonian: главна кула f (glávna kúla)
• Norwegian: borgtårn
• Scottish Gaelic: daingneach f
• Spanish: torre del homenaje f
• Welsh: gorthwr m

support

• Finnish: elanto
• German: Lebensunterhalt (de) m
• Italian: mantenimento (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: издршка f (ízd'rška)
• Malayalam: സംരക്ഷണം (ml) (saṁrakṣaṇaṁ)
• Norwegian: forpleining c, underhold

See also

• donjon

Statistics

• Template:rank

Anagrams

• kepe, peek, PEEK, Peke

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Estonian

Noun

keep (genitive keebi, partitive keepi)

1. cloak, capote, gaberdine

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Middle English

Noun

keep

1. note

   take keep — “take note”

   • Chaucer, G.P. 503-4:

     And shame it is, if a preest take keep

     A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep

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Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /keːp˩/

Noun

keep (plural keepoʼob)

1. (deprecated template usage) (anatomy) penis

Synonyms

• toon